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John GOUNDRY 1781 – 1852 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 DEC 1781

Birth Location: Eldon, Co. Durham

Death Date: 25 JAN 1852

Death Location: 201 Gilesgate, Durham City

Father: Jacob GOUNDRY

Mother: Margaret LEE

Spouse(s): Mary JOPLING, Hannah Richmond

Children(s): Jane GOUNDRY, Sarah GOUNDRY, Sarah GOUNDRY, Mary GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, John GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, William GOUNDRY, Anna GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, Emma GOUNDRY, Margaret GOUNDRY

Early life: John GOUNDRY arrived in Eldon, Co. Durham in 1781, born to Jacob GOUNDRY and Margaret LEE. Over time, John GOUNDRY formed a family with Mary JOPLING and Hannah Richmond, which included Jane GOUNDRY, Sarah GOUNDRY, Sarah GOUNDRY, Mary GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, John George GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, William Moore GOUNDRY, Anna Elizabeth GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, Emma GOUNDRY and Margaret Richmond GOUNDRY. John GOUNDRY concluded life in 201 Gilesgate, Durham City in 1852.

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Parents

Jacob GOUNDRY
1754 – 1802
Birth Location: Smelt House, Howden-le-Wear, Co. Durham
JG
Margaret LEE
1748 – 1788
Birth Location: –
ML

Spouses(s)

Mary JOPLING
1796 – 1881
Birth Location: Fatfield, Co. Durham
MJ
Hannah Richmond
1800 – 1831
Birth Location: –
HR

Children(s)

Jane GOUNDRY
1822 –
Birth Location: South Shields, Co. Durham
JG
Sarah GOUNDRY
1823 – 1824
Birth Location: South Shields, Co. Durham
SG
Sarah GOUNDRY
1824 –
Birth Location: Westoe, Co. Durham
SG
Mary GOUNDRY
1826 –
Birth Location: South Shields, Co. Durham
MG
Ann GOUNDRY
1827 – 1827
Birth Location: Westoe, Co. Durham
AG
John GOUNDRY
1828 – 1888
Birth Location: Westoe, Co. Durham
JG
Ann GOUNDRY
1830 – 1830
Birth Location: Westoe, Co. Durham
AG
William GOUNDRY
1831 – 1846
Birth Location: Westoe, Co. Durham
WG
Anna GOUNDRY
1833 – 1845
Birth Location: Westoe, Co. Durham
AG
Ann GOUNDRY
1835 – 1869
Birth Location: Westoe, Co. Durham
AG
Emma GOUNDRY
1839 –
Birth Location: Westoe, Co. Durham
EG
Margaret GOUNDRY
1814 – 1862
Birth Location: New Elvet, Durham City
MG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 DEC 1781
    Event Place: Eldon, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 9 DEC 1781
    Event Place: Staindrop Quaker Monthly Meeting, Co. Durham
    Record Source: as a non-member

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 8 DEC 1818
    Record Source: Hannah RICHMOND married George KENT

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: BET 1821 AND 30 MAR 1851

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 28 MAY 1829
    Record Source: William MOOR, a Farmer of Ryhope but formerly of Westoe made his Will naming John GOUNDRY, Farmer, of Westoe as his Executor and Sole Beneficiary - the Will was proved at Durham on 12 Feb 1831

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 15 MAY 1831
    Event Place: Durham ?
    Record Source: Hannah died

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 15 MAY 1831
    Record Source: his wife Hannah died

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1834
    Record Source: he was a subscriber to the "History of Durham" book

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET AUG 1835 AND AUG 1836
    Record Source: he was a Committee Member on the Westoe and Harton Association for Prosecuting Felons

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 5 AUG 1835
    Record Source: a General Meeting of the Westoe & Harton Association For Prosecuting Felons agreed to prosecute "all such Persons as shall be guilty of any Robbery, Felony, Theft, Fraud, Assault or Misdemeanour . . . . that the Committee have the Power to offe

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: APR 1837
    Record Source: at Durham Assizes he lost a claim for damages alleged to have been done to crops on his farm near South Shields by an adjacent Alkali Works

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 23 SEP 1838
    Record Source: he rented three fields totalling over 13 acres at Harton, Chapelry of Saint Hilda, South Shields in the Parish of Jarrow, from the Reverend William ADAMS and the Reverend Mary Pigott CAY. Rent of £3-5s-0d. was payable to the Curate of Holy Trinit

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 27 NOV 1838
    Record Source: he rented over 96 acres of land at Westoe from the Chapelry of Saint Hilda, South Shields, in the Parish of Jarrow, for which £21-10s-0d. rent was payable to the Appropriator

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: APR 1839
    Record Source: he was elected as a Guardian of the Poor of the South Shields Union

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 3 APR 1840
    Record Source: living at Westoe, he was elected a Guardian of the Poor for the South Shields Union

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: APR 1843
    Record Source: he was one of nine Poor Law Guardians for Westoe, in the South Shields Union

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET 1845 AND 1846
    Record Source: he was elected as a Poor Law Guardian for Westoe

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 2 DEC 1846
    Record Source: at South Shields Court a man was fined 5s. plus costs for trespassing on the fields of Mr. GOUNDRY at Westoe.

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 25 SEP 1847
    Record Source: his farm in Westoe caught fire when "a spark from the chimney of an adjacent cottage fell on the thatched roof of the thrashing machine and set it on fire. The flames spread rapidly towards the cornstacks and all the stacks in the yard and a larg

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 9 OCT 1847
    Record Source: a newspaper reported that "the Bishop of Durham has sent ten guineas towards the fund for the relief of Mr GOUNDRY from his losses by the recent fire at Westoe"

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 10 DEC 1847
    Record Source: he placed a newspaper advertisement "to offer his most grateful Thanks to the Public for the Assistance rendered to him in extinguishing the Fire at his Farm-stead, and for the very liberal Subscription that has been made in his behalf. He feels i

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 28 AUG 1850
    Record Source: at South Shields Police Court two men were each fined 10s. plus costs "for taking their horses from the custody of Mr John GOUNDRY, when he was driving them to the pound-fold"

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 25 JAN 1852
    Event Place: 201 Gilesgate, Durham City
    Record Source: where he had been living with his daughter Sarah ROBINSON

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 29 JAN 1852
    Event Place: St. Hilda's, South Shields, Co. Durham
    Record Source: where there is a Monumental Inscription

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